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Folks who live way out in the country, we'd say they're out in east Jesus. When you're trying to get something into a hole or socket and not getting it in (like a key, cotter pin, etc), some ol boy's likely to say "Put some hair around it!" "Kindly" instead of "kind of." "How's your mom 'n them?" at the beginning of a conversation and "say hi to your mom 'n them" at the end. "I got a full belly and a dry diaper," meaning "I'm content." There's a million variations on "the boy ain't right," but my favorite has always been "he ain't got the sense he was born with."
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Chrpno posted:Here in Australia we have "old mate". Used to describe someone you recently interacted with, when talking to your actual mates. Slightly derogatory. We got "ol boy" in the a handful of rural US regions. It can mean anything from a guy with just enough personality to not be perpetually anonymous to someone that everybody knows.
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Well poo poo fire, save matches.
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Major Isoor posted:haha yeah I always liked that one - my siblings and I use it now and again. It's a good saying It's "your boy" in parts of the US and it's one of the most loving maddening things in the world, probably because my dad did it to me until I finally lit into him over it.
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ProperCoochie posted:
This is a distillation of "darning needle" or "darner," which is a common name for a few dragonfly species.
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Chrpno posted:Where does the mangling "what all did you do there" come from? Seen it a few times on chat. Do what now?
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Greatbacon posted:frontage-road -- the lower speed, lower capacity road that runs parallel to highways These are definitely said here but they aren't especially local to Colorado. Things I have only heard in Colorado that may be more skier culture than Colorado, I dunno: Pow - powdery snow Jerry - an inexperienced skier who does dumb inexperienced skier stuff I hear beater and gaper a lot, but I think that's also a Utah thing. Oh, and re:14ers, you don't "hike" a 14er, you "bag" a 14er.
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Old timers in Arkansas always say "by the by" when they mean "by the way."
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A Sometimes Food posted:Australian poo poo here. The various stacking of yeah and no in American English is great. Yeah = yes No = no Yeah no = no Yeah Yeah no = yes No Yeah = yes
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